Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 8.7° E)
When: Peterborough Member (Oxford Clay Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; tabular claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original calcite, replaced with pyrite
Collected by J. Wyman; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: T. A. M. Ewin and B. Thuy. 2015. Two new British Mesozoic ophiuroid localities, primary observations and determinations. In S. Zamora, I. RĂ¡bano (eds.), Progress in Echinoderm Paleobiology, Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 19:53-57 [V. Syverson/V. Syverson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182912: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 28.11.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Enakomusium whymanae Ewin and Thuy 2017 brittle star | |
Aspidophiura seren Ewin and Thuy 2017 brittle star |